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Berkeley County (W. Va.) Chancery Decree, 1832. Local government records collection, Berkeley County (W. Va.) Court Records.
The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item was returned to the library from the National Archives in November 1949 under the accession number 23476a.
Chancery Causes are cases of equity. According to Black's Law Dictionary they are "administered according to fairness as contrasted
with the strictly formulated rules of common law." A judge, not a jury, determines the outcome of the case.
Berkeley County (West) Virginia was named in honor of Norborne Berkeley, baron de Botetourt, for whom Botetourt County was
also named. It was created from Frederick County in 1772. Berkeley County was one of the fifty western Virginia counties to
form the state of West Virginia in 1863.